Elections Loom, But Bosnians Increasingly Vote with their Feet

Statistics suggest a growing number of Bosnians are packing their bags and leaving for the West, seeing little future for themselves or their children in the stagnant Balkan country.

Bosnia faces elections next month, but a growing number of would-be voters are voting with their feet, according to a recent report.

Figures compiled by the non-governmental Union for Sustainable Return and Integration in Bosnia and Herzegovina, UZOPI, show that 5,620 families left Bosnia in the first six months of 2018, compared to 6,712 for the whole of 2013.

The trend is contributing to a drop in school enrolment and a lack of qualified workers, and is a major worry for the already anaemic Bosnian economy.

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